Ubisoft's vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud has stuck up for the practice of releasing an Assassin's Creed every year, insisting - not unreasonably - that the publisher just wants to satisfy fan demand.

idk, I haven't gotten too far into Liberation but I didn't care for the different roles you have to play. As for boring cliched characters. I failed to see that in Black Flag. Perhaps I did but it looked good and was a blast so I overlooked it. AC3 was cliche, I can definitely see that.

Personally after the Ezio trilogy, which I never finished. I put the 3rd game down w/in a few hours and never looked back. I was burned out. It wasn't until just 2 months ago that I finally sunk almost 50 hours into playing AC3 directly followed by 50+ hours into Black Flag. If it weren't for that stupid 100% Synchronization and Multiplayer I'd have probably went for Platinum. While not w/o faults I thought both were great games and solid entries into the AC line. That being said the same ole same ole does grow somewhat old. I said I wasn't going to buy Black Flag until it was $30 but having a Buy One Get One Free from Amazon I figured I might as well. Finally having the desire to play 3 and BLack Flag back to back has regained my interest in but at the same time I find it increasingly more difficult to drop $60 annually on these just because. I'd love to see a year off and a true revelation in what they offer. Not to mention I'd love to go back to the roots. And to not see cities look eerily similar to one another.

AC is boring to me. After 2 hours it all feels the same. Also I hate when I have to play as the future guy slows everything down, and pulls me out of the game. Its amazing to me that it still sells. But different people like different stuff. For instance I like as much freedom as possible in a game, so I love Skyrim huge game, open world, play how I want,(dem modes doe). I liked watching last of us but I didnt like playing it.

I've bought a few AC games. But for some reason I lose interest in them and never seem to finish them. I just hate that future part of the games. It kills the whole story for me. I'd rather be playing a part of history and the back and forth parts kills the game for me.

Obviously this is just my opinion because so many people I know love the series and finish them all. The sad part is I intellectually know the games are good. I just can't seem to care no matter how hard I try.

The problem with the Ezio saga is people didn't like Desmond. So they killed him off and generalized the "player" character to a person with no name, face, or gender (aka. meant to be you).

Personally I'm fine with AC3, there is nothing we can do now to change what it already is. You can choose just not to play it. AC4 definitely fixed a lot of the flaws there were with AC3, but again people complained because the pirate portion overshadowed the Assassin portion. I didn't mind this once again, because the pirate portion was fun as hell.

Everyone is going to find at least one thing about each of the Assassin's Creed games they don't like. No game is perfect. All you can do is like more things about the game then you hate for it to still be enjoyable - if not don't play it or don't get it.

OT: I feel having a new Assassin's Creed game every year or even twice a year is a bit much. Maybe allow 18 months at least between releases or alternate between handheld versions and home console versions each year stretching each individual type to two years between releases.

I am, the stories are interesting and nothing beats being what basically equates to playing as a batman who has no problem with killing people. Not to mention that the new engine allows for varied protagonists instead of every playable character using literally exactly the same animations as Ezio, (which they were planning on doing with Connor in AC3 before they made said new engine).

That's the thing. If the product they put out wasn't solid, then yeah...complain away. When it's something of a quality consistency like we've seen from the Assassin's Creed franchise, there's really nothing to complain about. The only issue is my gaming time is so damn limited with work and two kids now. I skipped Revelations and AC3 simply because I had no time and there were other games on my plate. AC4 I have on the PS4 but haven't even booted it up yet even though it contains two of my favorite things...pirates and even more pirates.

AC is a fun game, but aside from Black Flag each one after Brotherhood got really meh, Revelation was too short, and had a small world, clunky tower defense stuff, wasn't on par with AC2 or Brotherhood.

Then came AC3 which had a weak character, quite the boring missions, and was really buggy on release, and the combat became extremely easy on that one, the naval missions were fun tho, definitely the worst in the series in my opinion.

I can't comment on Black Flag because i'm waiting till i get a ps4 to play it, i'm probably going to like it more than 3 because it focuses on pirates, but like i said, after AC2& Brotherhood, the series got gradually worse not improved, at least in my opinion.

I don't mind yearly Assassin's Creed really because every game is based on a different theme, time period, and location. It really doesn't get old but I wish they would add some new gameplay mechanic to the same old formula that they've been using since the first game.

Just bought AC: Black Flag for $30 from the MS Store. Have yet to play through AC3, which was just dull right from the beginning. Releasing one every year is kinda ridiculous in all honesty but if the fans are asking for it then why not, I suppose?